Lynch pleads guilty to shooting friend

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - A former Purdue University student pled guilty to his role in the fatal shooting of his friend.

23-year-old Cory Lynch of Carmel admitted that he fired a handgun as a prank, killing 22-year-old Landon Siela of Fort Wayne.

The shooting happened on August 22, 2009 at 204 Wiggins Street in West Lafayette.

Lynch was emotional as his attorney, James Bell, described the events of the night.

Bell said Lynch had been drinking both beer and liquor throughout the day.

Bell said the men were playing pranks on each other.

Lynch was charged with reckless homicide, and could spend up to eight years in prison.

Lynch and William Calderon will both be sentenced in March in the death of Siela.

Calderon faces a misdemeanor count of pointing a firearm.